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Komisarek Eager For Start Of New Season

-“You would not believe how eager and anxious I am to get back to playing,” Komisarek said. “I hate the fact that you are at home watching the guys you compete against in the regular season playing in the playoffs.”

-“The shoulder feels great,” he said. “I am ahead of schedule. It’s been five months since the surgery and they set certain benchmarks. I am way ahead of that.”

-Komisarek said he can’t wait to play with the newly-christened captain.
“Dion brings that confidence to the dressing room,” Komisarek said. “He outgoing, he likes to talk and he’s going to be a great leader.

-“On the ice, opposing players need to know a guy is a bit wacko, a little unpredictable. That’s a great thing to bring to the ice.”

-“Last year, I came in as a free agent, you put the weight of the world on yourself, but what your team really needs is for you to do your job. This year I am going to play my role.”

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-Komisarek has been active on Twitter.

“I think Twitter is a great place to be, to lend a little of the spotlight to various charities and to connect with fans,” he said.

“The first time I looked I had 200 followers. The next time I had 4,000.”

http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534597
 
Komisarek via Twitter at 5:30 am this morning...

mkomisarek The beginning of a gr8 week starts now! LETS GOOO!

No lights and a little fog never hurt anyone!

x2_20166c8
 
Remember the start of last season? Komisarek came out like he was shot from a cannon.

Unfortunately that led to countless penalties. The guy could barely get out of bed without getting 2 minutes.
 
Um, Corky...

-“Last year, I came in as a free agent, you put the weight of the world on yourself, but what your team really needs is for you to do your job. This year I am going to play my role.”
 
He's no Chris Phillips, that's for sure. His shoulder is well on it's way to being back to 100%. He already stated that he's ahead of schedule and back to skating, so I wouldn't worry about that. It's going to be fun watching him hammer losers like Alfredsson and uh.. Heat.. no wait, um.. Hoss... nope damnit.. um well he'll match up well against Volchenko.. AH.. well let's just say it will be fun watching him destroy the shitty Sens.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
And speaking of Kovy, someone I know who works for the Kings mentioned that he heard the offer being discussed is $5M+ average over FIFTEEN years. Take it with a grain of salt.
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Well, it ended up being pretty much that with the Devs. Kings must have offered him that 5/15 deal.
 
-“On the ice, opposing players need to know a guy is a bit wacko, a little unpredictable. That’s a great thing to bring to the ice.”
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That's EXACTLY what I've been saying for ages.

We need some crazy people on our team. We need someone who plays on the edge and would surprise even his own teammates every now and then. We need a bit of Darcy Tucker.

Now I never saw that in Komi, but SOMEONE's gotta bring it and between Komi, Armstrong, Phaneuf we need someone who opponents HATE to play against.

And that's what I LOVE about Kadri too. When he's fully developed, he's gonna be one SOB that EVERY opponent hates.
 
After losing out on the Kovalchuk sweepstake and the Gagne trade (he has a NTC and he only waived it for Tampa because of his ties with Yzerman, so LA was never in it really), Lombardi is believed to be interested in Kaberle. The level of interest, however, is what nobody is really sure.

Lombardi's reaction after losing out on Kovalchuk and Gagne ...

“The thing you don’t do is panic and go out and grab somebody,” Lombardi told the Los Angeles Times on Monday. “As far as I’m concerned we’re still right on schedule. We talked about being a couple players away — somebody else will come up.”
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LA will almost surely offer some of its youth in a trade situation, but it is also believed Lombardi thinks Braydon Schenn has a realistic shot at becoming the 2nd line C with the Kings this season, and thus considers Schenn untouchable.
 
“The number of offers are up to six but we’re not in a position where we think any of them are good enough,” said Burke. “We’re still in a holding pattern.”

The Leafs have until Aug. 15 to trade Kaberle before his no-trade clause kicks back in. The all-star defenceman is heading into the final year of a contract that pays him $4.25 million (all figures U.S.).

Burke has said he wants a top-line forward for Kaberle — at one point the Lightning were believed to be dangling Ryan Malone, who’s got four years left on a contract that pays an average of $4.5 million. Burke has also said he’d be just as happy keeping Kaberle, leaving open the possibility of re-signing the longest-serving Maple Leaf.
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Its looking more and more like Kaberle is staying.
 
Don't be so sure.

While I don't doubt Burkie is 100% happy with keeping Kaberle at the end of the day if nothing good comes up, things can change in a hurry with 1 good offer.

And until Dallas and Anaheim fill their void on the blueline, and LA spends their $$ on someone, I am not convinced Kabby is staying.

Not that I have a problem with that ... the only scenario I'll NOT be happy with is if Kabby is traded for anything but a top liner.
 
Dallas can't afford to bring on Kaberle right now, and unless Anaheim is giving up Ryan (which they aren't) there is nothing there for the Leafs. And Lombardi in LA is a patient guy who doesn't like to overpay (clearly).

The only really good fit I see is in San Jose with Setoguchi and Clowe. And frankly I'd rather keep Kaberle.

There is less than a month to go in Kabby's trade window, and now after yesterday we are officially in the dog days of summer for the NHL.
 
DarrenDregerBurke says he's fishing this week and out of cell service until Monday. Kaberle camp says they've heard nothing. Quiet until next week.
 
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